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Calder Hall nuclear power station, Cumbria. Calder Hall, the world's first full scale commercial nuclear power station opened on 17 October 1956. On the left are the cooling towers and on the right a pylon carries transmission lines distributing electricity to the National Grid. Photograph UK Atomic Energy Authority. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Calder Hall nuclear power station, Cumbria. Calder Hall, the world's first full scale commercial nuclear power station opened on 17 October 1956. On the left are the cooling towers and on the right a pylon carries transmission lines distributing electricity to the National Grid. Photograph UK Atomic Energy Authority. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)